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    Cast iron radiator bushes

    I'm trying to revive some old cast iron radiators and am having trouble removing some of the old fittings. Previously the rads were piped with the valves at diagonals, one bottom left, one top right, plug and bleed valve on top left, and a blank plug on the bottom right. I now want to remove...
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    Help identifying make/model of basin tap

    Evening all. Is anybody able to identify the brand and model of tap in the attached pictures? I believe it to be Ideal Standard, as that's the brand of the basin and the rest of the bathroom fittings, but it doesn't seem to be part of their current range. Unfortunately I managed to shear the...
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    Electric boiler - G3 required?

    With regard to electric system boilers, can anyone tell me whether or not a G3 cert is required to install such a system? As far as I can tell, it carries a similar inherent risk to an unvented cylinder. Oh, and before anyone mentions it, yes, I realise electric boilers are the devil's spawn...
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    Blocked condensate

    Hello chaps. Got called round to a friend's house today after complaining of knocking sounds coming from the boiler. I wasn't expecting to be able to do anything about it, but said I'd have a look anyway and see if it was anything simple. Before arriving I had assumed it would be down to...
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    Computer desk edging?

    I'm in the process of making the spare room into a study, and to make the best use of the available space, have cut myself a custom-shaped desk from 25mm MDF that spans the width of the room across one wall. I plan to face this with either a melamine or real-wood veneer in Wenge, or another...
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    15mm street 'straight'?

    Ok, perhaps a bit of an odd request, but is there such a thing as a 15mm street 'straight'? I have a situation where I want to change a single panel radiator to a double. Right now, the pipework comes out of the wall about 80mm from the valves, into an elbow, 40mm of pipe, and then into the...
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    One for the DNO folks

    Just a quickie. Someone asked me today; what is the largest 400v supply that the DNO will offer before insisting on a direct 11/33kV connection with to the ring with on-site customer transformer/switchgear? I don't know the answer, and I suspect the question may be a little too general to give a...
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    1/2" chrome drain cock - does it exist?

    Hello chaps. I have a vertical radiator installed in the hallway, the pipework for which is sleeved and chased into the wall. Flow enters the bottom right of the rad, return is at the top left. Right angle lockshield and TRV are installed with the compression fitting pointing straight back...
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    House is wrecked by blast

    Just saw this on the local news and it caught my interest. The details seem to be a little vague: That doesn't make a lot of sense to me. From what I saw on TV, two or three walls of the house had been well and truly blown out. Something tells me that there must have been a pre-existing...
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    TP&N distribution boards - side covers?

    Just a quickie. I have come across distribution boards in industrial environments with glands entering the enclosure at both the left and right sides as well as top/bottom. However, where I have seen these, there have also been manufacturer-specific covers installed to cover the side entry...
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    Hot water secondary return/loop

    In the coming month I'll be fitting a new vented cylinder in my parent's house, as their boiler has given out, and they have decided to upgrade the entire system along with sorting out the controls so that they actually work. There's a wet room with a 15-20m run from the cylinder, so it takes...
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    High integrity earthing (!) on radial circuits

    Thankfully my question is with regard to radial rather than ring circuits, so please let's not go down that route again! I have determined the required cable for the circuit to be 2.5mmsq thermoplastic SWA. As protective conductor current is likely to exceed 10mA, the circuit will also need...
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    Greenstar 42 E9 then lockout

    I had a WB Greenstar 42CDi installed about 6 months ago, although being in the middle of refurbishing the entire house at the time I didn't really have any need to make use of DHW due to the lack of a bath or shower. Having now installed a bathroom suite, I'm making full use of hot water from...
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    Anybody recognise these tiles?!

    I've been renovating my house since the beginning of this year, and have finally reached the last room in the house - the bathroom. When I moved in the room was (and still is) fitted with a typical 3 piece bathroom suite, with the vast majority of the wall tiled to approximately 2/3 of its total...
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    Brass fittings on chrome pipe

    I recently had an issue with a brass compression elbow leaking water on a joint between two pieces of 15mm pipework, one plain copper and the other chrome plated. All the pipework and fittings were brand new and properly tightened. The exposed parts of the run were in chrome with other chrome...
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    Flush gas meter box - is builder correct?

    I've had a builder round to quote for installation of a flush gas meter box. Said box is to be located between a left hand corner of the house and a window approximately 4 metres tall to the right by about a metre. Apologies for the lack of pictures, hopefully you can visualise that. Anyway...
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    Mounting combi boiler

    I posted here a couple of months ago in an attempt to find an installer to fit a Greenstar 42 combi boiler for me. I never had any real interest, although the heating loop is still not complete and the is, as yet, still no gas supply to the property. I have purchased the boiler and would very...
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    Plumber/CORGI gas fitter in Lincoln

    Hi, I'm looking for a CORGI registered gas fitter/plumber to install a new boiler and gas supply. I'm an electrician by trade, but am refurbing my house and my intention is to install all the CH and HW pipework and rads myself and I am looking for a plumber who will be happy to install the...
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    Fitting lintel to wall supporting false floor?

    I've just purchased a new house and I'm trying to get all the necessary work done on the property before I actually move in. The property is fitted with electric storage heating, and I'm hoping to replace this with a heat pump air conditioning system. The hot/cold air will be run through...
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    Hybrid wired/wireless (sigh!) alarms

    Hi all. A friend of mine is in the process of having an extension added to their house, and has asked me to add an additional PIR and possibly a set of magnetic contacts into their alarm system. The existing system is a fairly old wired Paragon Plus (no remote keypad) that was installed at...
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